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March 2013

The Arizona Board of Regents expects to
consider whether college students in the country illegally are eligible for
in-state tuition.
Arizona's three public universities. (Image courtesy Arizona Board of Regents)
Friday
afternoon, the presidents of ASU, NAU, and U of A released their tuition
proposals for the upcoming school year.

Flu season has long
been associated with winter, but a new study suggests transmission of the disease
has more to do with humidity than with temperature. The heart of the study is this: Researchers don’t really know why flu is
seasonal, said Univesity of Arizona's Andrew
Comrie.

An alternative route to the wrecked U.S. 89, south of Page,
has problems.&nbsp; The dirt-surfaced Navajo Route 20 runs parallel to the
landslide-damaged highway. It is a short-term fix for some commuters, but
accidents have been reported.

A
hazardous waste site in downtown Phoenix has been cleaned-up by the Arizona
Department of Environmental Quality. &nbsp;It’s the first time the state has completed its
own superfund project.
The state DEQ removed more
than 6,000 tons of shredded metal and auto parts from the 10-acre site at
Buckeye Road and Fifth Street near the Chase Field ballpark.

The Internal Revenue Service says 660,000 taxpayers will have their refunds delayed by up to six weeks because of a problem with the software they used tofile their tax returns. The delay affects people claiming education tax credits who filed returns between Feb.

New Hampshire's House has rejected limits on simulcasting dog races. The House voted Wednesday to kill a bill that targeted Florida, Alabama and Arizona, because, these states don't require reporting when race dogs are injured.

The Valley's population is still growing. KJZZ's Al Macias reports growth isn't as fast as it once was, but it's picking up.The latest U.S. Census estimate, released Thursday, says there are about 135,000 more people in the Valley than there were following the 2010 Census.

A new analysis shows it’s unclear what kind of impact proposed
changes to the state’s sales tax system would have on Arizona, and its cities. Those
changes include charging contractors sales tax on their materials where they
buy them, rather than a percentage of their project, and only allowing the state
to conduct audits.

A state Senate committee has passed a bill
that would change the way workers apply for unemployment.&nbsp;The
Arizona Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Energy, and Military approved the
measure Wednesday.

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